Tree-Hitter Tercek Channels Goldman at Nature Conservancy

On the day in May 2008 when Mark Tercek, a managing director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), got a cell-phone call from a headhunter informing him that he’d likely gotten the job of running the Nature Conservancy, he was so excited that he backed his Jeep Grand Cherokeeinto a tree, shattering the back window. Anxious that gouging a tree might be a bad omen, he jumped out to see how bad it was. To his relief, he’d done far more damage to his vehicle than the tree.

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Environmental business strategies aren’t just good for the environment—they’re good for commercial success. Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy, shares nine things business leaders can do today to achieve big benefits for the planet and their bottom line.